The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography |
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The soil is a rich , deep loam , from four to six feet in depth , excepting in Patagonia and the western pampas , where there is a coarse gravel and detritus from the Andes . Instead of the dense tropical forest of the Amazon valley ...
The soil is a rich , deep loam , from four to six feet in depth , excepting in Patagonia and the western pampas , where there is a coarse gravel and detritus from the Andes . Instead of the dense tropical forest of the Amazon valley ...
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The southern part of this plateau is dry and desolate , the northern portion is well watered , with beautiful streams running now through deep cañons and then through rich , fertile valleys steadily descending toward the northeast ...
The southern part of this plateau is dry and desolate , the northern portion is well watered , with beautiful streams running now through deep cañons and then through rich , fertile valleys steadily descending toward the northeast ...
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... descending into a deep dark ravine to find a furious river , while on the lowlands the path seemed lost in the dense bamboos , until the Indians opened a passage with their machetes and we crept under the low arcade of foliage . " .
... descending into a deep dark ravine to find a furious river , while on the lowlands the path seemed lost in the dense bamboos , until the Indians opened a passage with their machetes and we crept under the low arcade of foliage . " .
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Yakutat bay is the only bight in this plateau sufliciently deep to reach the mountain to the northward . This bay has a broad opening to the sea ; the distance between its ocean capes is twenty miles , and its extension inland is about ...
Yakutat bay is the only bight in this plateau sufliciently deep to reach the mountain to the northward . This bay has a broad opening to the sea ; the distance between its ocean capes is twenty miles , and its extension inland is about ...
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The bergs were from a neighboring glacier , which enters the sea at the head of a deep inlet , too far away to be seen from the course followed by the Queen . The route northward led through Stephens passage , and afforded glimpses of ...
The bergs were from a neighboring glacier , which enters the sea at the head of a deep inlet , too far away to be seen from the course followed by the Queen . The route northward led through Stephens passage , and afforded glimpses of ...
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